you hear house speaker john boehner talk about finding new revenue through tax rerecall to. i think they will get down something to put off the fiscal cliff and put off sequestration cuts. as for broad outlines of tax reform i don't think we'll know that for months to come. jon: i herd an interesting statement from senate majority leader harry reid yesterday. he said you can push us push us, and push us and we'll be accommodating but you have to compromise. as if to say republicans or the house members, house republicans are the ones who need to compromise in the upcoming legislative session? >> well, i'll tell you house republicans feel of two mind right now. they actually don't want to have a middle class tax hike on their shoulders if the president calls the bluff and let he is all of the tax cuts expire because republicans wouldn't raise taxes on the top brackets. they don't want that on their heads. they think that would be damaging to them politically. they're looking 2014 where they want to take back majority in the senate and consolidate their majority in the house.